research library

American  

noun

1. a general or specialized library that collects materials for use in intensive research projects.

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Etymology

Origin of research library

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

During a recent hard-hat tour of the discrete areas of the museum, including a south-facing research library and a grand entrance lobby, The Times saw a building that was beginning to finally take shape.

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Across from her waterbed, she has a research library, complete with a swiveling ladder, full of fashion books.

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In response to his request, a box containing manuscripts would be transported to a reserved reading room at the Charles E. Young Research Library of UCLA.

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Indeed, Alsup himself came to that conclusion in the Anthropic case, ruling that use of the downloaded material for AI training was fair use — but he also heard evidence that Anthropic had held on to the downloaded material for other purposes — specifically to build a research library of its own.

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Anthropic also noted in its motion that the plaintiffs in its case didn’t raise the piracy issue themselves — Alsup came up with it on his own, by treating the training of AI bots and the creation of a research library as two separate uses, the former allowed under fair use, the latter disallowed as an infringement.

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